Wheel construction



B. RWC., AND R. S. BOLENBAUGH AND L. W. LONG.

WHEEL CONSTRUCTION.

APPLICATION F|LED\0CT.2.1920.

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`BURTON'. ROY BOLENBAUGH, CYRUS BOLENBAUGH, RAY SANFORD BOLENBAUGH, AND LAURENCE W. LONG, OF JACKSON, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNORS OF ONE-THIRD TO SAID BURTON ROY BOLENBAUGH, CYRUS BOLENBAUGH, AND RAY SAN- FORD BOLENBAUGH; ONE-SIXTH TO SAID LONG; ONE-SIXTH TO ARTHUR PAUL- SON, 0F NEW YORK, N. Y.; ONE-SIXTH TO HUGH E. KEELER, OF ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, AND ONE-SIXTH TO LEWIS H. FLYNN, 0F ALBANY, NEW YORK.

WHEEL CONSTRUCTION. I

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that we, BURTON ROY BOLEN- BAUGH, CYRUs BOLENBAUGH, RAY SANFORD BOLENBAUGH, and LAURENCE W. LONG, citi. zens of the United States, residing at Jackson, in the county of Jackson and State of Michigan, have invented new and useful Improvements in Wheel Constructmns, of which the following is a specification.

Y The object|of our present joint invention is the provision of a wheel that is a practical improvement over those extant in respect to utility, durability and facility of manipulas tion .of the wheel.

' Figure 4 is a detail View of a modified con*- struction.

Figures 5, 6 and 7 are views of another type of wheel embodying our invention.

Figure 8 is a transverse section taken in the plane indicatedby the line 8-8 of Figure 7.

Figures 9 and 10 are fragmentary diametrical sections of modifications hereinafter explicitly referred to.

Figures 11 to 15 are views of modifications hereinafter explicitly referred to.

Figures 16 to 18 are views of another modification hereinafter explicitly referred to.

Similar numerals designate corresponding parts in Figures 1 to 3 to which reference willfirst be made.

By comparison of Figures 1 to 3 it will be observed that the wheel includes threemajor sections that arev cast of an appropriate metal or alloy. The said sections are the two disks 1 and 2 and a hub 3. The disks 1 and 2 are equipped at 4 for the retention of a tire 5, and the said disks 1 and 2 are characterized Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 14, 1922.

Application led October 2, 1920. Serial No. 414,200.

by lugs 6 and 7, respectively, and one of the disks 1s al so provided With a stop pin 8 havlng a llmlted movement in the other' disk.

In forming the wheel the two disks 1 and` 2 are placed in opposed or superimposed relation and one o f them is turned slightly through a part of a circle so that the locking lugs of one are positioned directly behind the locking lugs of the other. The effect of this is to hold the disks together-i. e., against transverse separation, and so lon as the disks 1 and 2 are held together it wil be observed that the tire 5 will be Securely held to the disks. .The lugs 6 of the disk 1 are carried by a lateral flange la' of the said disk, and the lugs 7 of the disk 2 are carried by a lateral flange 2a on the disk 2, and the stop pin 8 is carried on one of the said flanges to work within the other flange. The flanges 1a. and 2a are arranged in spaced relation owing to the fact that the flange 2a is of less diameter than the flange l, and the of rivets 12, and the other or front diskl' may be held to the hub by any appropriate means. For instance in Figures 1 and 2 the disk 1 is held to the hub 3 through the medium of bolts 13 and nuts 14. When deemed expedient, however, the bolts 13 and the nuts 14 may be dispensed with, and the disks 1 and 2 may be held against turning and unlocking through the medium of the means shown in Figure 4` which means includes a hexagonal nut 15 threaded on an axle spindle 16, and a hub cap 17 of bronze or other appropriate metal threaded at 18 on the end of the hub 3a and enclosing the hexagonal nut. Or if preferred the said means may be employed in association with bolts 13 and nuts 14 as illustrated in Figure 4.

In the embodiment shown in Figures 5, 6, 7 and 8 the single disk 1b is provided with the flange 1c on which are lugs 7c as Well as lugs 19. having transversely disposed threaded bores 20. In association wlth the disk l" characterized as stated We employ a detachable rim section 21 that is 'connected to the disk lb through the medium of bolts 22 engaged With the lugs 19 as illustrated. The rim section 21 is provided vvith lugs 6 adapted when either the disk lb or the rim section 21 is turned relatively to the other to be positioned back of the lugs 7c as illustrated so as to hold the disk lb and the rim section 21 against transverse disassociation. It will also be understood in this connection that the disk 1b and the rim section 21 are flanged as indicated by 23 to enable them to hold a tire which will seat against the flange 24 of the detachable rim section 21; and it will also be understood that one of the said elements (disk 1b or rim section 2l) Will be Aprovided Witha stop pin 25 to bring up against a 'lug 6C or 7c of the other, Figures 6 and 7, with a view to limiting the turning movement. of one of the said elements relatively to the other. We prefer to employ three of the bolts 22 and to arrange the same equi-distantly.

In order to enable a single hand lto turn the rim section 2l about the disk lb We provide on the disk 1b. a rack 1x, and We equip the rim section 2l with a lug ly in which is journaled a spindle 1Z having fixed thereto a spur gear 2z. The intermeshed teeth are preferably tapered' as sho-Wn to facilitate ease of operation, and the outer end of the spindle 1Z is made angular in cross section for the application of a Wrench or other turning implement, and it will be readily understood that when the spur gear 2z is turned about its axis the rim section 2l Will bev moved through a part of a revolution about the disk lb so that the rim section 2l may be easily disassociated from the disk 1b for the removal of a tire from the Wheel. Manifestly this provision is designed especially for heavy wheels such as truck Wheels.

In Figure 9 We illustra-te a modification of double disk type, the two disks l and 2t being associated with demountable rim sections 1V and 2lb. The disks l and 2t and the rimy section 1v are connected together by bolts 30 and nuts 31 thereon, and the rim section 21c is engaged and connected with the rim section 1Y in the manner before described` 1n the modification shown in Figure 10 the rim section lh is 'connected with a single disk 1x through the medium of bolts 30 and nuts 31, and engaged and connected with the rim section `l" in the manner before described is a rim section 2lb.

lieverting to Figures l and 2 it will be observed that one of the disks l and 2 is provided with a valve openingie., an opening to afford access to the valve through which the tire is inflated. The wall of the said opening is threaded, and in order to normally close the same we provide the plug disk lb; the said disk being peripherally beveled disk 1b,

cated by lg. When in position the plug disk le rests flush with the outer side of the disk and does not detract in any measure from the finished appearance of the Wheel.

lVe do not desire to be understood as confining ourselves to the specific manner just described of closing the valve opening. Thisv Will be better understood when it is stated that in Figures 11 to 15 are shown modified means for closing the opening.

The means shown in Figure 1l includes a and a. diametrical spring 1l on said disk, the ends of the said spring 1i being adapted to engage the Wheel disk and to hold the plug disk in Working position until a pryin instrument is operated against the edge o the plug disk to displace the same. In the modification shown in Figures 12 and 13 the plug disk 1j is hinged at 1k to the Wheel disk and is equipped with a stiff spring 11. This stiff spring is riveted to the closure or plug disk in such manner as to hold the plug disk to the Wheel disk when the former is closed. A slight groove 1m is formed in the disk lj at a point opposite the hinge connection for the insertion of an implement With which to remove the plug disk. The hinge referred to is preferably formed by a pint-le 50 on the Wheel disk 10 and a barrel onthe closure disk lj and in which barrel the pintle is disposed, Figure l2.

In Figures 14 and l5 the plug disk is numbered lr and is shown as provided with a spring strip lb, riveted to a finger piece l* that rests outside the plate so that by turning said finger piece the spring strip 1b Will be positioned, see dotted lines in Figure 15, to lock or release the disk from the Wheel disk.

In Figures 16, 17 and 18 We show a desirable modified means to hold the disks l and 2 such as shown ,in Figures 1 and 2 against turning on the hub 8; the said hub being flanged. By particular reference to Figure 16 it will be observed that the hub flange 2e is provided with a transverse socket1 2f, and that one of the wheel disks, preferably the disk 2 carries what may be properly designated a stop pawl; the said stop pawi including a plunger 2g, a casing 2b, a spring 2l and a lug 2. r1`he lug 2J is designed' to be seated in a socket 2k in the casing. Thus in order to separate the wheel disks precedent to changing tires the plunger is first withdrawn from its socket in the hub flange. This may be conveniently accom-A plished by pulling on the knurled handle 2'", after which the plunger is turned about its axis. When the plunger is so turned thelug will be out of alinement with the socket therefor, and hence the plunger will be retained out of engagement with the hub flange. To assemble the wheel the operation described is reversed, the knurled handlel being turned so that the lug moves inwardly into 1ts socket, thereby allowing the'plunger to enter its socket in the hub flange sov as to strongly lock the wheel disk against any movement with respect to the hub.

Having described our invention, what we claim and desire to secure by Letters-Patent 1s:- n

1. In a wheel construction, ring sections movable transversely together and apart and having lugs with cooperating faces extending throughout their lengths circumferentially of the sections and relatively arranged whereby when one section is turned with respect to the other the lugs of one section will be moved circumferentially behind the lugs of the other and the sections will be locked against disassociation, the said lugs being carried by inner and outer radially spaced annular flanges extending laterally inward from the rim sections and located nearer one rim section than the other, and the flange of each rim section being arranged to abut at its edge against the other rim section, and means detachably securing the sections together to prevent turning of one with respect to the other.

2. In a wheel construction, rim sections movable transversely toward and away from each other and having lugs with cooperating faces extending throughout their lengths cireumferentially of the sections and relatively arranged whereby when one section is turned with respectto the other the lugs of one section will be moved circumferentially behind the lugs of the other and the sections will be locked against disassociation, the said lugs being carried by inner and outer radially spaced flanges extending laterally inward from the rim sections and being disposed nearer to one rim section than the other, and the ange of each rim section being arranged to abut at its edge against the other rim section, and the inner flange being provided at a point near the section carrying the outer flange with a radial lug in which is a transverse threaded aperture, and a headed screw extended through the lastnamed rim section and detachably connected to said lug.

3. In a wheel construction, rim sections movable transversely toward and away from each other and having lugs with cooperating faces extendin throughout their lengths circumferential y of the sections and relatively arranged whereby when one section is turned with respect to the other'the lugs of one section will be moved circumferentially behind the lugs of the other and the sections will be locked against disassociation` the said lugs being carried by inner and outer radially spaced annular flanges extending laterally inward from the rim sections and disposed nearer to one rim section than the other, and the flange of each rim section being arranged to abut at its edge against the other rim section, and the inner Harige being provided at a point near the section carrylng the outer flange with a radial lug in which is a transverse threaded aperture, a headed screw extended through the last-named section and detachably connected to said lug, an inwardly extended lug on the outer flange, a rack on the inner flange near the last-named rim section, a transverse shaft journaled in the last-named lug and in the last-named rim section, and a pinion fixed with respect to said shaft and intermeshed with said rack.

In testimony whereof we alix our signatures.

BURTON ROY BOLENBAUGH. CYRUS BOLENBAUGH. RAY SANFORD BOLENBAUGH. LAURENCE W. LONG. 

